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Were retail jobs always low wage, with few benefits?
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A brief history of retail work in America.
What limiting legal immigration would do to our economy
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Fewer immigrants means fewer people in the workforce.
Uber had a secret defense against law enforcement
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According to Bloomberg, employees used a lock-out program to keep foreign cops away from company data.
U.S. hiring jumps after hurricanes as employers add 261,000 jobs
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The unemployment rate declined to 4.1 percent, the lowest in nearly 17 years.
Trump picks could reverse Obama-era labor rulings
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Republicans have control of the NLRB for the first time in almost a decade.
U.S. gains 156,000 jobs, unemployment rate up to 4.4 percent
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Average hourly pay has increased by just 2.5 percent year-over-year.
What does labor organizing look like for you?
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We want to hear your opinions about your rights as a worker.
Are we worrying too much about the "skills gap?"
Some economists say businesses would find the workers they need if they simply raised wages.
Some economists think technology might be slowing inflation
Should inflation be added to the list of things disrupted by tech? For years, we’ve accepted the integrity of the idea of the Phillips curve: that as unemployment declines, wages rise and companies pass along those increased labor costs in the form of price hikes on goods and services. Inflation. But as unemployment has declined […]
Labor department’s fiduciary rule takes effect
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It simply says that financial advisers must act in your best interest.